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SUMMARY:West Asia: The Middle East 25 Years After 9/11
DESCRIPTION:The Cleveland Committee on Foreign Relations (CCFR) is exclusive to Under 35\, Diplomat\, and Ambassador members and their guests. An email with registration information will be sent to eligible members prior to the event. \nCCFR is honored to host Mohammed Soliman to discuss how the traditional Middle East is giving way to a region increasingly defined by its ties to Asia and what it means for U.S. strategy to pivot from nation-building to order-building in a space shaped by AI infrastructure\, trade corridors\, and a tech-driven Gulf. \nThe Cleveland Committee on Foreign Relations is a dinner and dialogue series that provides unparalleled access to top experts and diplomats for candid discussions of today’s most pressing international issues. Participation is exclusive to Diplomat and Ambassador members and their guests. To join\, renew\, or upgrade your membership\, please click here(opens in new tab).
URL:https://www.ccwa.org/events/west-asia-the-middle-east-25-years-after-9-11/
LOCATION:The Union Club\, 1211 Euclid Ave.\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44115\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCFR Event,CCWA Event,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T153000
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SUMMARY:Model United Nations Academy
DESCRIPTION:Come learn the ins and outs of Model United Nations! Join CCWA for our upcoming Model UN Academy on Saturday\, September 19 from 10:00-3:30pm at the Shaker Heights Library Main Branch. This workshop is designed for middle and high school students\, Model UN program advisors\, and educators who are new to Model UN and CCWA’s Model United Nations conferences\, and experienced participants interested in strengthening their Model UN knowledge.\n\nThroughout the day\, attendees will learn and actively take part in impactful and engaging workshops led by Model UN student leaders\, advisors\, and CCWA staff. Advisors will learn strategies to establish and improve their Model UN program. More details on workshop topics can be found below:\n\nStudent Workshop Topics: \n\n\nModel UN 101 and Navigating Model UN as a New Delegate – Decorum\, Relationship Building\, and Making Your Mark in Committees\n\n\nKnow-It-All: Strengthening Your Research and Writing Skills\, Parliamentary Procedure\, and Motions\n\nThis Is A Crisis!: Preparing For and Succeeding In Crisis Committees\n\nTalk It Like You Walk It: Mastering Public Speaking and Debate\n\n\nPut It Into Practice: Mock Committee Simulation\n\n\nAdvisor Workshop Topics:\n\n\nAdvocating for and Building Your Model UN Program\n\n\nModel UN 101: The Ins and Outs of The Model UN Experience\n\n\nBuilding and Sustaining Student Curiosity – Expanding MUN Learning to the Classroom and Beyond\n\n\nRegistration is $15/person. Lunch and snacks will be available. Kindly note that registration costs are being partially subsidized through foundation support for all students participating in CCWA’s Model UN program. If the payment is a barrier for participation\, please reach out to Lydia Johnson at lyjohnson@ccwa.org. \nAt this time\, registration will be capped at 65 spots. Any changes to program capacity will be communicated as early as possible. Registration will close on Thursday\, September 17.
URL:https://www.ccwa.org/events/model-united-nations-academy/
LOCATION:Shaker Heights Public Library Main Branch\, 16500 Van Aken Blvd\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44120\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCWA Event,Student Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T193000
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SUMMARY:Uyghur Human Rights and Global Supply Chains
DESCRIPTION:The mass internment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region has been described by many nations as crimes against humanity\, if not genocide. What began as a significant human rights concern has also become a trade and commercial one: Xinjiang is a major global source of raw materials and components that are used in products worldwide. With the passage of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act in 2021\, U.S. importers now face a legal presumption that goods with ties to the region are made with forced labor. Supply chain due diligence now sits at the intersection of human rights\, national security\, and everyday business practice. \nCCWA is honored to be joined by Nury Turkel\, one of the world’s leading voices on Uyghur human rights\, to discuss the crisis in Xinjiang and its implications for the global economy. How did a regional campaign of repression become embedded in international supply chains? What leverage do companies\, consumers\, and governments have to pressure China into reforms? \nNury Turkel is an attorney\, author\, and human rights advocate\, and the first U.S.-educated Uyghur-American lawyer. Born in a re-education camp during China’s Cultural Revolution\, he came to the United States in 1995 and was later granted asylum. He co-founded the Uyghur Human Rights Project\, and served as a Commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom from 2020 to 2024\, including as Chair from 2022 to 2023. His recommendations were incorporated into both the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act of 2021. His law practice focuses on export controls\, economic sanctions\, and supply chain due diligence. He is the author of No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs\, winner of the 2023 Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing\, and was named to the TIME 100 in 2020 and Fortune’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders in 2021. \n\nPlease note that this event will be held at the Martin L. King Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. All are welcome!
URL:https://www.ccwa.org/events/uyghur-human-rights-and-global-supply-chains/
LOCATION:Martin L. King Branch of Cleveland Public Library\, 10601 Euclid Avenue\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44106\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCWA Event,Foreign Policy Forum,Public Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T174500
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SUMMARY:NORAD at 70: The Future of North American Security
DESCRIPTION:The Cleveland Committee on Foreign Relations (CCFR) is exclusive to Under 35\, Diplomat\, and Ambassador members and their guests. An email with registration information will be sent to eligible members prior to the event. \nCCFR is honored to host General (Ret’d) Tom Lawson to share his insights into the future of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) as the U.S.-Canada partnership enters a new chapter of increased tension. \nThe Cleveland Committee on Foreign Relations is a dinner and dialogue series that provides unparalleled access to top experts and diplomats for candid discussions of today’s most pressing international issues. Participation is exclusive to Diplomat and Ambassador members and their guests. To join\, renew\, or upgrade your membership\, please click here(opens in new tab).
URL:https://www.ccwa.org/events/norad-at-70-the-future-of-north-american-security/
LOCATION:The Union Club\, 1211 Euclid Ave.\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44115\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCFR Event,CCWA Event,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T173000
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SUMMARY:AI\, Automation\, and the Reshoring Boom
DESCRIPTION:After three decades of offshoring\, American manufacturing investment has turned sharply homeward. Tariffs\, pandemic-era supply chain shocks\, and a bipartisan turn toward industrial policy have pushed companies to build capacity in North America\, while the buildout of artificial intelligence has created enormous new demand for data centers and the power to run them. The reshoring boom raises difficult questions about infrastructure\, environmental concerns\, and workforce development. For a region historically built on manufacturing\, these issues will largely define the economic future of Northeast Ohio. \nCCWA is glad to be joined by Eaton’s Chief Economist\, Jordan Vickers\, to share his analysis of where the global manufacturing economy is heading and what it means for Northeast Ohio. How durable is the reshoring trend\, and how much of it survives a change in trade policy? Where is AI actually showing up in industrial productivity data\, as opposed to corporate announcements? And how can Northeast Ohio’s workforce and infrastructure keep pace with the trends in global manufacturing? \nJordan Vickers is Vice President\, Chief Economist at Eaton\, where he leads the company’s team of economists and advises senior leadership on the global economic outlook\, market forecasting\, and capital allocation. He has spent his career at the intersection of macroeconomics and industrial demand\, having served in various economic analyst roles in Eaton for nearly two decades. His analysis spans manufacturing and machinery markets\, construction and infrastructure cycles\, and regional economic conditions across North America\, Europe\, and Asia. \n\nPlease note that this event will be held at the Union Club of Cleveland. All are welcome!
URL:https://www.ccwa.org/events/ai-automation-and-the-reshoring-boom/
LOCATION:The Union Club\, 1211 Euclid Ave.\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44115\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCWA Event,Foreign Policy Forum,Public Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261202T173000
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SUMMARY:The New Landscape of Global Aid and Health Security
DESCRIPTION:The architecture of the past six decades of global aid and health security has been dismantled in a remarkably short span of time. USAID\, for many years the primary vehicle for American development and humanitarian assistance\, was dissolved in 2025. In January 2026\, the United States formally completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Other donor governments have made cuts of their own\, and the institutions that monitor outbreaks\, move food and medicine\, and coordinate emergency response are operating with far less money and far fewer people than they had two years ago. The consequences are already being tested in real time\, from the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo to displacement crises in Sudan\, Gaza\, and beyond. \nCCWA is glad to be joined by Jeremy Konydyk\, President of Refugees International\, who has led American disaster and pandemic response efforts under two administrations\, to assess what has changed and what comes next. Who fills the aid gaps left by American withdrawal? What does health security look like when surveillance and response capacity have thinned? And what obligations\, if any\, does the United States retain in a system that it largely built? \nJeremy Konyndyk is President of Refugees International\, an independent advocacy organization for displaced people that accepts no government or United Nations funding. He served in the Biden administration as USAID’s lead official for COVID-19\, overseeing the agency’s multibillion-dollar pandemic assistance portfolio and the U.S. donation of hundreds of millions of vaccine doses\, and later as the administration’s lead official on the global mpox response. From 2013 to 2017\, he directed USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance\, where he led the American response to international disasters. Between his government appointments he was a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development\, focusing on humanitarian reform and pandemic preparedness.  \n\nPlease note that this event will be held at the Union Club of Cleveland. All are welcome!
URL:https://www.ccwa.org/events/the-new-landscape-of-global-aid-and-health-security/
LOCATION:The Union Club\, 1211 Euclid Ave.\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44115\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCWA Event,Foreign Policy Forum,Public Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270225T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270225T201500
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SUMMARY:The New Geopolitics of Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:The Cleveland Committee on Foreign Relations (CCFR) is exclusive to Under 35\, Diplomat\, and Ambassador members and their guests. An email with registration information will be sent to eligible members prior to the event. \nCCFR is honored to host Ambassador Daniel Rosenblum to share his insights into the geopolitical shifts that have taken place across Central Asia in recent years and how the U.S. might be able to forge new partnerships in the region. \nThe Cleveland Committee on Foreign Relations is a dinner and dialogue series that provides unparalleled access to top experts and diplomats for candid discussions of today’s most pressing international issues. Participation is exclusive to Diplomat and Ambassador members and their guests. To join\, renew\, or upgrade your membership\, please click here(opens in new tab).
URL:https://www.ccwa.org/events/the-new-geopolitics-of-central-asia/
LOCATION:The Union Club\, 1211 Euclid Ave.\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44115\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCFR Event,CCWA Event,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270414T174500
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SUMMARY:Partners or Adversaries: The Sahel After the Coups
DESCRIPTION:The Cleveland Committee on Foreign Relations (CCFR) is exclusive to Under 35\, Diplomat\, and Ambassador members and their guests. An email with registration information will be sent to eligible members prior to the event. \nCCFR is honored to host Alex Thurston to share his analysis on the state of the Sahel and West Africa. He will discuss the recent surges in attacks and expansion of territory controlled by jihadist groups\, the response by regional governments\, and why U.S. counter-terrorism security cooperation in the region may need to be reassessed.  \nThe Cleveland Committee on Foreign Relations is a dinner and dialogue series that provides unparalleled access to top experts and diplomats for candid discussions of today’s most pressing international issues. Participation is exclusive to Diplomat and Ambassador members and their guests. To join\, renew\, or upgrade your membership\, please click here(opens in new tab).
URL:https://www.ccwa.org/events/partners-or-adversaries-the-sahel-after-the-coups/
LOCATION:The Union Club\, 1211 Euclid Ave.\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44115\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCFR Event,CCWA Event,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270530
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270607
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CREATED:20260618T180017Z
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SUMMARY:Destination Helsinki - Travel with CCWA
DESCRIPTION:Travel with CCWA on an immersive\, small group journey to Helsinki\, Finland. From the UNESCO-listed Suomenlinna Sea Fortress to the modern Oodi Library\, Helsinki is a place where history and the future come together. \nThis seven-day journey with CCWA is designed for the curious traveler who is interested in more than sightseeing. Explore the city by foot\, tram\, and bike. Share long dinner tables with fellow travelers and locals. Peek inside the halls of the Finnish Parliament and swap ideas with Finnish thinkers on world affairs and society. And swap your shoes for a sauna towel. Intimate by design\, the small group format will promote connection\, unique access to Finnish cultural and historic sites\, and many memorable moments. \nJenni Carney\, CCWA’s Chief Operating Officer and Finnish native\, will lead travel with the group. The program is priced at $4\,545 per person (single supplement: $225)\, and includes six nights accommodations\, daily breakfast\, two group dinners\, local transportation\, and all tours and entry fees. Airfare is not included. \nAttend an information session to learn more about Destination Helsinki! \nJoin us for an information session on Wednesday\, August 26 from 6:00 – 7:00 PM to learn about the travel itinerary\, logistics\, and registration. This will be an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about this exciting travel opportunity. Please register in advance for the information session on Zoom here – LINK. \nSign me up! \nFor itinerary details and to reserve your spot\, LINK FOR ITINERARY . \nFor questions or inquiries\, contact Andrew Kovach\, Director of International Exchanges\, at akovach@ccwa.org. 
URL:https://www.ccwa.org/events/destination-helsinki-travel-with-ccwa/
LOCATION:OH
CATEGORIES:CCWA Event,International Visitors
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